Bubble tea…

Seems to be a thing in Australia. My DH sister has had it and her grandson who is 11. She sent a similar photo Shinamae. I've never seen it here but maybe they sell it in Costa/Starbucks?

Never heard of it Shinamae,but looking at it,it doesn`t appeal to me one bit.
Looking forward to reading what gransnetters that have tried it and what they thought.

I absolutely love bubble tea, I like a fruity green tea, with popping bubbles or tapioca balls

My daughter loves it. We have a couple of bubble tea shops in a town near me,probably due to the large student population. I have tried a few mouthfuls of my daughters in past but really didnt like it. Not keen on flavours,definitely didnt like bubbles. I couldnt get my head around drinks I had to chew?

It’s wrong on many levels.Just ?????

My grand daughter (14) loves it too, we have shops in our nearest city.

Hmm. Might be worth a go. Centuries since I've eaten tapioca.

Not for me, it contains a lot of sugar.

Baggs

Hmm. Might be worth a go. Centuries since I've eaten tapioca.

Only ever had tabioca at school…?

I tried it when both GDs went through a phase of drinking it. A pleasant taste but nothing to warrant the price in my opinion.

I love tapioca. ?

Same for me Blossomming. Very high levels of sugar and carbs. Doctor has told my GD not to drink them everyday or try to stop completely. She was having skin problems. No nutritional value at all.

muse

Same for me Blossomming. Very high levels of sugar and carbs. Doctor has told my GD not to drink them everyday or try to stop completely. She was having skin problems. No nutritional value at all.

I know someone who works in a bubble tea shop. They are made from different flavoured syrups and tapioca ‘bubbles’
Absolutely no nutritional value at all, worse than ‘full fat’ coke!

I love bubble tea but only have it as an occasional treat.

I think it depends on the flavour. I don't like matcha so that cuts out some of them. But I've had mango juice 'tea' with mango bubbles. Mmmmm

Kalu

I love tapioca. ?

Surely it's not normal to love tapioca? ?

I only put one in my mouth once, never again!
Frogspawn as it was known at school.

I don't think I'll be trying this tea.

I love bubble tea. I haven't tried the hot milky version with tapioca, but the fruity stuff with the popping bubbles is great fun.

Now I'm intrigued. Tapioca doesn't 'pop' ? - does it? They were white / clear balls - how do they become black?

Only ever had it as a milk pudding - and Sago.

There are two different types. The one I like is basically fruit juice with gel balls that have juice in them that you drink through a wide straw. The other kind is made from hot milk (or water - not sure) and has the tapioca in it.

To buy the juice one you choose a flavour (eg apple juice) from one menu for the drink and another for the balls (eg cherry) from a different menu, and they put the balls in the drink, so there are numerous permutations of drinks that you can mix and match.

It's not so bad but too sweet for me and I can only handle so much of the bubbles. I've only had a taste of one. You can order them without sugar, so it's not necessary that they are as sweet as regular.

Calistemon

Kalu

I love tapioca. ?

Surely it's not normal to love tapioca? ?

I only put one in my mouth once, never again!
Frogspawn as it was known at school.

I don't think I'll be trying this tea.

Dépends what one’s interpretation of normal is Cali ?

Frogspawn at our school too.

I had first dibs on an extra helping from any girl who didn’t want hers. Wonderful stuff.

GDs quickly tired of this craze, finding it too sweet and too expensive to spend pocket money on. My treat at their age was Creamola Foam.

Doodle

Sometimes you can also get them made with strips of flavoured jelly. I like those.

Love it! One opened up in the village in the hole in the wall shop tiny shop on the high street and it is EXTREMELY popular. I tried the matcha bubble tea on the shop girls recommendation and it was delicious.

A lot of places serve it here, mostly Asian owned shops. They also sell it on the uni campuses, have done for many years.